West Nile virus cases are on the rise in states where a severe summer of scorching droughts and drenching rains has allowed mosquitoes to proliferate, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Drug regulators have granted approval to Advanced Cell Technology to conduct the first trial in Europe of human embryonic stem cells - testing the cells in people with a progressive form of blindness, a U.S. firm said on Thursday.
A multi-state outbreak of food-borne bacteria, listeria, that arose in early September took another life in Maryland after a person died from eating contaminated produce, leaving the death toll at eight.
Public health authorities are sounding the alarm as mosquito breeding grounds created by torrential rain or persistent droughts have triggered a wave of West Nile Virus cases.
Since the launch of Planet Hunters in December, 40,000 web surfers have helped in the search for new planets by crunching data collected by NASA.
NASA astronomers, who used Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and captured a black hole's flaring active jets, have been benefited with the new rare discovery in many ways.
The weather forecast for North America is a good one on Friday: Little chance of falling satellite debris.That may seem like a lark, but it's not, since NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will likely crash into Earth on Friday. The satellite is the size of a bus, and it's the biggest to make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere in decades, NASA officials say.
Carnivorous pitcher plants have inspired the creation of a slippery surface that is not only more slippery than Teflon but has self-healing and self-cleaning qualities, scientists of Harvard University said.
Penguins just smell to find their potential mates and to maintain a lifelong bond with them, research reveals. The same smelling ability helps them identify their close kin to avoid inbreeding, scientists said on Wednesday.
The issue of the longevity gene has now created a feud between two trans-Atlantic camps of researchers. While the British scientists claim the days of longevity gene are over, the US scientists still have faith in the success of the gene.
The six-ton defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite will plunge to Earth sometime on Friday afternoon EDT, and the U.S. wil be spared any debris, NASA said in its latest update.
A 14-year-old upstate New Yorker, Jamey Rodemeyer, was found dead outside his home this week, apparently the latest string of teenage suicides in the U.S. caused by mental harassment and bullying over sexuality, police said.
NASA has unveiled plans of $1.6 billion to buy a complete range of spacecrafts, launchers, mission operations and ground support by the middle of the decade to transport astronauts to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit.
Despite cost overruns, the James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to replace the heralded Hubble, should still fly, plead NASA officials and leading astronomers.
Some canned foods marketed for children are found to contain estrogen-like chemical, Bisphenol A(BPA), according to a new report. A study by non-profit group, Breast Cancer Fund, found that 12 canned soups and pastas popular among children contained BPA, sparking off concern over the health effects of the chemical.
Science teacher James Drake compiled 600 images of the Earth that were taken by astronauts from space since the 1960s to create a time-elapsed 60-second video which gives the illusion of how astronauts from the International Space Station see Earth.
A newly discovered dinosaur fossil revealed that Velociraptor and its dinosaur relatives didn't just use their sharp claws for show, but may have brandished the hook-like talons as weapons.
U.S. researchers have found that the ability of birds like penguins to smell is far more developed than previously thought.
Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army's vice chief of staff, told USA Today the Army is interested in conducting trials to determine whether fish oil can be used to reduce the Army's suicide rate.
NASA astronomers were able to get a closer look at the inner environment nearing the base of a black hole's jet through infrared observation. By using the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) astronomers captured some rare data of a flaring black hole, illuminating new details about these powerful stellar-mass black holes and their raging jets.
With a one-in-five million odds of such a pregnancy, two babies from two separate uteruses were delivered at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater last week as result of a rare medical condition.
Teenage smokers may have better luck quitting if physical activity is added to a traditional cessation program, says researchers at the West Virginia University concluded in a study released Monday.
A gene scientists say delivers the fountain of youth may just a bucket of water, according to research published today.
China is all set to launch its first unmanned space module on Tuesday. The world's third biggest country will launch the test module into orbit via Long March II-F rocket, which is developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
Astronomers are crowing in delight over a newly produced image of the Lambda Centauri nebula, which has been nicknamed the Running Chicken or Space Chicken because of its resemblance to a certain earth-bound fowl.
Ever wondered what it would be like soaring high above the Earth, or even circling the planet on the International Space Station? Thanks to science educator James Drake, you're in luck.
The race is still on for CERN scientists to identify the elusive Higgs Boson, which is considered the Holy Grail of particle physics. Scientists say this 'God' particle would also help to explain why the majority of elementary particles have mass, and that the universe wouldn't be the same without it.
Marijuana administered soon after a traumatic event prevented post traumatic stress disorder in rats, according to a Haifa University study that could ease the way for veterans suffering from PTSD being treated with marijuana.
An 18-year study of a deep-sea squid or Octopoteuthis deletron, a 5-inch long tentacled creature that dwells a depth of 400 to 800m, found that males attempt to mate with any deep sea squid it comes across, whether its a male or female.
A Florida woman with a rare medical condition has given birth to healthy twins - one from each of her two uteruses.
